French Quarter

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Skirt: Vintage (Minnie's Menagerie)

Shirt: Thrifted

Shoes: Shoe Department

Bag: Sam Moon

Belt: Thrifted

(bear with the shakiness....I am still getting a hang of filming sights)

I have discovered (and decided) why you so often find
bloggers in their local coffee shops……we need inspiration fueled cups of
steaming coffee, chai lattes, or flavorful teas because it’s necessary to our
survival and vital to our thought process in creating and writing posts (whose
with me?).

I find myself severely lacking in energy right now, which
does appear to be a slight oxymoron considering I am on vacation with my
family. However, though we are in Florida and spending a considerable amount of
time at the beach, exploring, and collecting shells, the early part of our day
is spent at a baseball game. Thus, with late evenings arriving back at the
hotel, early mornings rising, and hours spent in the sun ones energy becomes
significantly drained after awhile. I thought it would be easy to blog while on
vacation but I have realized it is a more challenging task than it first
appeared. Nonetheless, I can’t help sharing some my adventures with you all (as
they happen) because the sights so far have been wonderful and my camera has
been quite happy!

In my lack of energy and coffee (though I might grab a mug
back at the hotel?) I am tempted to let these pictures speak for themselves. However,
let’s just say that the French Quarter yields lovely pictures and I FINALLY got
a picture standing in a small city streetJ
Since my sister is quite tired out of me asking her to take pictures ALL the
time, I relied on my brother for these shots and they came out splendidly (he
actually has a wonderful eye for photography)!

The architecture in the French Quarter is definitely very
“French” with iron balconies, hanging plants, tiny streets, colorful walls, and
old brick buildings. I loved seeing how each turn yielded new sights and
buildings! It is definitely one of those places that you kind of have to put on
your bucket list, so that is checked off for me.

Nevertheless, before I wrap up this post (I guess I regained
some energy) I have to add that when my mom first told me we would be stopping
off at the French Quarter on our way to Florida I immediately started planning
an outfit. I knew that it had to be something fitting for the French Quarter
and used the essence of being “French” as an inspiration J Thus, I settled on
this darling black, green, and white striped skirt that was my grandmothers.
This was its first outing and I am totally sold on its simplicity and pure
vintage style. I paired the skirt with this embroidered cream blouse, a black
belt, satchel style purse, vintage shades, and my new braided “T” strap
sandals. It turned out to be the perfect combo for exploring and was actually
quite cool (which is a bonus in the heat).

Love it Madison! Such a cute outfit, and how fun that your skirt belonged to your grandmother! I hope you are having a great time on vacation, and manage to find some coffee from time to time! ;)-Laurenhttp://www.chic-ethique.com/

Love seeing your traveling adventures! Not sure if you planned it but your skirt is totally "in theme" with Cafe Du Monde, the strips and the green seem to match perfectly with their logo! You even have coffee colored stripes on your skirt! Enjoy your vacation, can't wait to see more!~Sarah C~allthingsvintage-sc.blogspot.com

Well, I appreciate that you are still blogging even while on vacation! I know when I am gone I will be scheduling posts in advance. :) I am not even going to try to write while I am gone unless maybe it is important. Vacations aren't always restful, but change can do just the trick to rejuvenate our spirits!

*INCOHERENT SCREAMING* NEW ORLEANS MY HEART. I went there recently and absolutely adored it. Isn't the architecture gorgeous?I really love your outfit - those kinds of purses are my favorite because they're so easy to carry.

The places I saw here are really wonderful, celebrating a special event like this with the beauty of nature is really cool. When you are in these event venues Chicago, there's nothing you can do than to be happy. I really liked it here.

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Hello all! My name is Madison and welcome to Minnie Muse, a vintage inspired fashion and lifestyle blog. I am an old fashioned Texas girl and INFJ who loves coffee, thrifting, all things old fashioned, and cats (especially). On the blog you will find me capturing life's moments, going on adventures and sharing my personality through fashion and words. Welcome to this grand adventure; I hope you stick around for the journey!

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